Sounds like we're all more or less on the same page about this - I guess it just makes sense.

Mitch,

have you thought about the idea of a changable incidence stab? It would be fairly easy on your wood fuse. Tack the halves together, insert in fuse, mark the fuse sides and then produce the necessary innards in each core half (CF tube duct, incidence adjusters, etc.). Once, the stab is then joined and glassed, you cut along the fuse lines, use this as the fuse "plug" and sheet the two core roots - done. Of course you need also a retainer screw into the tube to retain the stabs on.

You could extend the plug slightly to produce a fillet surface.

For best performance, I'd cover the wing and stab panels (it's also less work), control surfaces and paint the fuse and fin. I'll be doing that on the first of the two Tipo's I'm working on (very sloooowly... ).

David.